Suspension-wheel



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No. 568,782. Patented July 14, 1896.

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SUSPENSION WHEEL.

Patented July,14,v1896.

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ALBERT MOREY, OF COVINGTON, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR TO THE EUCLIDMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

SUSPENSION-WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 563,782, dated July 14,1896.

Application filed November 27, 1896. Serial No. 570,313. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: from the plane of the rim, as usual with allBe it known that I, ALBERT E. MOREY, a suspension-wheels. citizen of theUnited States, residing at Cov- The hub is suhstantiallyashort sleeve 3,terington, in the county of Kenton and. State of minating in enlargedends 4: and 5, which are 5 5 Kentucky, have invented a certain new andperforated at determinate intervals. Through useful Improvement inSuspension-lVheels, these perforations the spokes 2 are passed and ofwhich the following is a specification. are drawn tight by nuts 6 on Theinside of My invention has relation to improvements these flaring heads4 5, thus enabling each inin the construction of wheels, pulleys, &c.,dividual spoke to be tightened or loosened to 6o and has especialrelation to that class which such an extent as will bring the rimperfectly are known as suspension-wheels. true.

The objects of my invention are to produce The sleeve 8 has a keyway 5cut clear across a strong serviceable wheel in which the adits smallermiddle part and entering each enjustment of each spoke is independent ofthe larged end. (See Fig. 2.) Directly over this 6 5 r 5 remainder, andin which all adjusting-nuts keyway S and projecting from enlarged endare locked against unscrewing, in which a 5 of hub 3 is a short stud 9,for a purpose to removable bushing is used,en abling the wheel bedescribed.

or pulley to be used on shafts of different The bore of the sleeve orhub 23 is larger diameter, and to be easily replaced when than thediameter of the shaft or spindle 01170 worn, and generally to provide awheel to which it is to be used. This space is occumeet all therequirements of those who desire pied by a bushing '7. This bushing 7maybe a wheel readily adjustable, and of great cylindrical or tapered onits interior, as destrength and wearing qualities. sired. Its exteriorhas three diameters or lVheels constructed in the manner hereinsizes,the larger 10, middle portion 11, and 7 after described can be used foralmost all small end 12. On the middle part 11 is a purposes to which awheel can be placed, inlongitudinal key 13, having a notch 14. Thiseluding carriages, wagons, wheelbarrows, bushing 7 is held in the hub asfollows: The farming and harvesting machines, pulleys, end 12 of thebushing is inserted in the end streetcars, (SS0. 5 of the hub, it beingturned so that the key 0 To the aforesaid objects my invention con- 13will enter the keyway 8. The bushing is sists in the peculiar and novelconstruction, pushed forward till the shoulder between combination, andarrangement of the various part 10 and 11 of the-bushing strikes againstparts hereinafter described, and then specificthe shoulder formed by thesleeve 3, meeting ally claimed, reference being had to the actheenlarged end 5. The notch 14 is then dic 5 companying drawings, forminga part of this rectly under the stud 9. Then the springspecification.key 15, Fig. 4, is driven between them, and In the accompanyingdrawings, in which its upper half is bent around the stud 9, thussimilar reference-numerals indicate like parts completely lockin g thebushing against withi in the different views, Figure 1 is apcrspecdrawal. Now the two annular diskslO and 17, 0 o tive of mycomplete wheel; Fig. 2, a reverse being perforated centrally to slideover their of Fig. l with the bushing and side disks respective ends ofthe bushing, are placed removed, showing the skeleton wheel with on theouter ends of this bushing and held its hub; Fig. 3, a perspective ofthe bushing there bythe screws 18, Fig. 5, passing through I use; Fig.4, a spring-key used in the conthe perforations 19 in the disks and into5 5 struction of the wheel; Fig. 5, one form of holes 20 in theshoulders of the heads 4: and 5. cap-screw I prefer to use; Fig. 6, oneof the The disks l6 and 17 have an annular flange annular side disks. 21at right angles to their faces, which fits In the drawings, 1 is thewheel-rim, with snugly over the flaring heads 4 and 5. countersunk holesfor spokes 2, which are There are four reasons for having theflange I0050 simply bolts of preferred size, with counter 21 fit over the heads 4and 5, namely: First, sunk heads. These spokes all point outward itkeeps the dust and dirt out of the interior between the bushing and hub;second, it serves to equalize and distribute the strain of the spokesupon the flaring portion. of the hub, thereby strengthening it; third,all the nuts 6 are square and are turned with one flat face outwardly.and the disks being drawn up nearly to them prevent their turning, thuslooking all of them from becoming loose; fourth,- as the centralperforation is made to fit closely over its respective end of thebushing, it thereby (being held tight to the hub) serves to prevent anyside motion or bending of the bushing.

I do not confine myself to the use of a single set of spokes for aWheel, as pulleys having a Wide face can be made with a number of setsof spokes at determinate distances, with a single long bushing orseparate bushing vfor each set of spokes.

What I claim is 1. A suspension-wheel having an outer rim and radialspokes, a hub consisting of a short sleeve having perforated enlargedends, said ing a transverse notch, and a stud projecting from one of theenlarged ends of said hub immediately over said notch, and a spring-keyadapted to be driven through said notch under said stud and block theremoval of said bushing, substantially as shown and described.

2. A suspension wheel or pulley having an outer rim and spokes, a hollowhub having enlarged perforated ends, said spokes entering saidperforations, nuts within said enlarged ends adapted to tighten saidspokes. a bushing to fit in said hub and having a notched key to enter acorresponding keyway in said hub, and a spring-key locking said bushingagainst removal, and two annular disks arranged to-fit overtheirrespective ends of said bushing and inclose the enlarged ends ofsaid hub, said disks being removably fastened to said hub in suchproximity as to prevent the turning of said nuts, substantially as shownand described.

In testimony that I claim the above I hereunto set lIly hand.

ALBERT E. MOREY. In presence of-- C. It. HUMPHREY, O. P. HUMPHREY.

